• The organization is fully committed to hiring, Empowering Environment progressing and retaining women • Employees have never been asked to change • P rogress has been made in improving gender their appearance to conform to company culture equality in senior leadership • Employees have the freedom to be creative and • There is a clear maternity policy in place innovative • Women are encouraged to take maternity leave • Virtual/remote working is widely available and is • There is a clear parental policy in place common practice • The organization hires people from a variety of • The organization provides training to keep its backgrounds employees’ skills relevant • Leaders take action to get more women into • Employees can avoid overseas or long-distance senior roles travel via virtual meetings • Employees can work from home on a day when they have a personal commitment • Employees are comfortable reporting sexual discrimination/harassment incident(s) to the company • Employees feel trusted and are given responsibility 28 GETTING TO EQUAL 2019: CREATING A CULTURE THAT DRIVES INNOVATION